Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,719, Isaac Fancher, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Fancher, Isaac
S. 42,719
B. L. N. E. 1786 - 100
CONTENTS

157006 Ohio. R
Isaac Sanchez Fayette Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Neville of the Virginia line, for the term of Five Years .
scribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of September 1819 .
Warrant of Pension issued the 8 of November 1819 and sent to the Punston Washington son Fayette Co. Ohio
arrears to 4th of March 1820 $ 44.49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 5 mo. 17 dys. ans. Dollars 24.49
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Southam

Notes sent to Miss Millikan Aug 25 May 1892 Washington Ohio

District of Ohio Fayette County ss on the twenty second day of March AD 1821 Personally appeared in open court being a court of Records for said county Isaac Fancher, in the sixty first year of his age, resident in Fayette County in said district who being first duly sworn acor- =ding to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu- =tionary War, as follows: In the 12 th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia line, Capt. Thos. Boyd's company on continental establishment and the date of his original declaration is the 18 th day of September AD 1819 and the number of his pension certificate is 15,706. He also declares as follows to wit, And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the united states on the 18 th day March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the united states in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, to wit two horses worth not more than eighty dollars, two cows four calves & two year old cattle worth not more than forty dollars all grains worth not more than ten dollars; two set of horse gears & plow, not worth more than ten dollars; one pair of streakers worth not more than four dollars, two Mattocks & a chopping axe, all worth not more than six dollars I have also a log chain worth not more than three dollars, total $153. He farther deposes and saith that he is by occupation a farmer, and is not able to do much at it not being able to earn more than twenty cents per day & has no farm to work on, having lost a little farm he once owned, not having got it of the right owners, his wife is dead & his children all of full age & doing for themselves & that he lives with one of his sons.
Isaac his Fancher
Sworn to, & declared in open court, whilst in session being a court of Records having power to fine & imprison & being esteemed as such by the Supreme Court of the state -

The State of Ohio Fayette County ss
I Ipe Millikan clerk of the court of common Pleas in and for the county aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oaths and the schedule thereto an- =nected are truly copied from the Records of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the Property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and fifty three Dollars. - - - - -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 22 nd day of March 1821
Ipe Millikan
[Faint, illegible handwritten mark or signature]

Isaac Francker Virginia line. East Nov 1 1776 - 1782
Correct by Ball
Admitted
Admitted

District of Ohio, Fayette County, ss.
On this eighteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and nineteen  ninety , before Thomas M c Garraugh, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, personally came Isaac Fancher in the fifty ninth year of his age, resident in said County and State of Ohio, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war." That the said Isaac Fancher, en- =listed in Berkeley County in the State of Virginia, in the company commanded by Capt. Byers, whose first name he thinks was Thomas, of the twelfth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. John Neill. That he con- =tinued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States from the year 1776 in the month of December (he thinks thinks that was the month) until in the month of June (he thinks) in the year 1782, when he was dischar- =ged from service in the State of South Carolina. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Buford's defeat, Cowpens, Camden, Eutaw Springs, and at a siege he thinks they then called the siege of Fort Town  called 96 and also in some other small conflicts called skirmish- =es; and he is now old and infirm and getting unable to labor, and is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he hath no other evidence within his power of his services.
Isaac his Fancher mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year aforesaid
T. M c Garraugh Associate Judge
I Thomas M c Garraugh, Judge as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Isaac Fancher did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for more than

nine months, on continental establishment, and that it appears to me that he is old and getting infirm, and in need of circumstances, and need some aid for support; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and laid before me, to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress.
T. W. Garraugh Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio Fayette County ss.
I Jesse Millikan Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county of Fayette do certify that the within named Thomas M c Gannagh before whom the within deposition of Isaac Fancher appears to have been taken and who has certified and signed the same was at the time of signing and still is one of the acting Associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such as well in this State as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county at Washington this 18 th day of September 1819.
Jesse Millikan Clerk

The paper in this case being proved forged the Scrip, which issued on the Warrant was Refunded by Joseph Watson Agent —

Record Book of bounty lands shows Wt. 1786 for 100 acres Isaac Fancher or Francher, Private Lee's Legion - Va. Warrant issued to himself and delivered to Jos. Watson on Nov. 28, 1829 with following note, This warrant having been fraudulently obtained, the scrip which issued was refunded by J. Watson.
a. E. P. Feb. 5 th , 1912.

42719
INVALID.
Rev.
File No. 42,719
Isaac Hancher
His Rev. Son
Act: 18 March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 166
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. 20. 1900 Histy To Miss Myrtle Walton Washington C.H. Ohio
Mar. 6-1900 Histy To Miss Helen Barrett Washington C.H. Ohio
1911 Mar. 15 Histy To Mrs. A. A. Clark V.I.M.

E. H. Eastman Aug. 27 th 1830
No. 86
Recorded P. 119, Vol. 9.
E. H. Eastman Aug. 25 - 1830

Main Point West Fayette Co Ohio Aug
1830
Dear Sir,
I transmit to your excellency the enclosed documents in hopes they may be found sufficient to authorize you to issue such bonds "land warrants" as they may generally be entitled to -  I am no lawyer therefore have not aimed at technicality but have only endeavored to set such facts as I was informed existed now clear as well as possible - As respects the claim of George Spauld it strikes me that to "file the claim" which no man ought to be equivalent to filing until the close of the war should you issue a warrant on his claim it may be issued in favour of the three Spauld above named or to "himself" or to "the heirs of George Spauld " as you may consider most proper - Perhaps it may be well to remark that the " Spauld " family sometimes spell their name " Spauld "  Should you want any other facts which it may be in the power of the treasurers of the revolution to show may I ask you to have the goodness to inform me of the same that we may endeavour to supply them  Mean to adopt at Main Point West Fayette Co Ohio - Yours  Hon John H. Barton respectfully C. H. Hartman

Mr E. F. Eastman Haw Paint Creek Fayette Co. Ohio Sir,
War Dept. Bounty Land Office
Aug. 27 1830
Your letter enclosing the applications, and evidence in support thereof, for Bounty Lands, by Philip Faut, or Fint, and Isaac Fancher Soldiers of the Virginia Line - also by the heirs of George Faret, of the same line, who is stated to have died whilst in service on the 6 th Oct 1776, is received and referred to this Office - In reply, I have to inform you that, that the name of Philip Faut, or Fint is not returned on the records of the Virginia Line, among those who acquired a right to Bounty Land from the U. States - Reference has been had to his papers on file in the Pension Office and it appears by his Affidavit made on the 27 th May 1819, that he enlisted in the Spring of 1776, and served two years; that he subsequently re-enlisted at Bethlehem in the State of Pennsylvania, and was discharged at the Old Cumberland Court House in Virginia a few weeks after the surrender of Cornwallis at York - These facts having been stated, and sworn to, by him, eleven years ago must be relied on as correct, and fully accounts for the fact (as before stated) of his name not being returned at the close of the war - It is here proper to inform you that, the Resolves of Congress passed in Sept. 1776, granting Bounty Lands to the Officers & Soldiers of the Continental Line of the Army, apply, exclusively, to those who engaged for the term of "during the War", and who actually served until its termination in 1783, to their heirs, and to the heirs of those who were slain by the enemy, or died of wounds received in battle - Those Soldiers, who engaged for three years, or for any other period than the specified one of "during the War" were not entitled to Bounty Lands - It is manifest therefore, that Philip Fint did not acquire the right in question, as it appears by his own Affidavit, that he was discharged a few weeks after the surrender of Cornwallis, at York, which event took place in Oct. 1781, a period long anterior to the close of the War - His claim for Bounty Land is consequently inadmissible - In relation to the claim of Isaac Fancher

I have to inform you that his name was not returned at the close of the War, on the Rolls of any Infantry Regiment of the Virginia line, among those, entitled to bounty Land from the U States — His affidavit in relation to his services, is not of that full and explicit character, required by the Regulations of this Office — He merely states that "he joined the 12 th Regiment late in 1776, and continued in service during the War, and was Honorably discharged", omitting other, and equally essential particulars, affecting his claim — Namely, whether he enlisted for the specified term of "during the War", and actually served until its close in 1783. — Referred has likewise been laid to his affidavit on file with his other papers in the Pension Office, wherein he states that, he enlisted in 1776 in the 12 th Reg t . under the command of Col d Neville, and served until June 1782. Taking this for the correct statement of his services, it being made in Novem r . 1819, and certainly entitled to a greater degree of reliance, than a statement made eleven years subsequent. — It follows that he was not in service at the close of the War in 1783, and therefore, not among those embraced by the Resolves of Congress — His case however, will remain suspended, in order to afford him an opportunity to furnish a more minute and full statement of his services, embracing the facts in relation to the time and term of his enlistment, the name or number of the Reg t to which he belonged, and the name of his Commanding Officer at the time of his discharge, and the precise time said discharge took place —
In reference to the claim of the Heirs of Geo: Parott, who, it is alleged died whilst in service, I have to remark that the evidence adduced in support of said claim is altogether deficient — In all similar cases it is indispensably requisite to furnish satisfactory proof, not only that the enlistment was for the specified term of "during the War", but that the Soldier had been slain in battle by the Enemy, or died of wounds received in battle — As the death of George Parott, is not ascribed, by the evidence produced to either of the causes just mentioned, it must be taken for granted that, his death was the result of some of the more ordinary causes, of sickness, fatigue, or casualty — the claim of the heirs is therefore necessarily rejected — the papers connected with the foregoing Claims are all herewith returned
Wm Gordon

4966 ✓ Care of Isaac Hancher.
Washington, Ohio Recd Oct 5. 1819.
Washg tn F. City O. Sept r 23 o 1819
W Free
John C. Calhoun Esqr.
Secretary for the Department of War, Washington City.
Connecticut

4966
Caro of Isaac Francher.
Washington, Ohio.
Recd Oct. 5. 1819.
Washg n F. Bay O. Sept r 23 o . 1819
Free
John C. Calhoun Esqr.
Secretary for the Department of War, Washington City.
Connecticut

Washington Fayette County Ohio, 18 th Sept. 1819. Dear Sir,
An American supernumerary soldier makes this application, & wishes the evidence of his country's benevolence may be transmitted to him at Washington Fayette County, Ohio.
With subordinate respect,
Yours
Isaac Tancher mark
J. C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary for the department of War.

407
Ohio
Recd 26 Apr. 1821
Free
John C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of War
Washington City -
32 p

407
Ohio
Recd 26 Apr. 1821
Free
John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of War Washington City -

Washg n F. 6. 0 Apl 15 h 1821

Washington, F. C. Ohio, 28 th March 1821.
Dear Sir,
Return is wished soon, at Washington, Fayette County, Ohio.

Hon. Clay Evans - Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir -
Will you kindly send the records show- ing that Isaac Fancher fought in the Revolu- tionary War . I think he enlisted from Va., and was in the 8 th . Reg.
Very Respectfully, (Miss) Helen Garrett, Washington C. H. O.
February 27-1900.

Hon. H. Clay Evans - Chairman Comm. of Prisons Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir -
I am thinking of joining the D. A. R. Chapter so write to you to find out if my great grand father Isaac Faucher was deceased. Please let me know all the knowledge you have of it. And all  all
Miss Myrtle Helton Washington C. H.
Fayette Co. Ohio.
P.S. In the 8 th Va. Reg -

Fredonia, Kas 3/9/11
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:- For the purpose of establishing claims to Revolutionary descent I am very desirous of getting the regiment, exact term of service and record so far as it may be in the files of the Pension Bureau of Isaac Panchier or Pancher (we find it spelled both ways) born Dec. 27, 1760 and who enlisted from or at the time of his enlistment lived in East Tennessee; his service extended from about 1776 to the end of the war according to family tradition.
He died in Fayette Co. Ohio near the town of Washington but the date has been lost.
Family tradition is positive as to his service, one story having it that he served 7 years while the other having it from the time he was 16 to the end of the war and as the two practically corroborate each other there it is probably about right.
In case there is any fee for such information please advise me.
Thanking you in advance I am
Box 771
Fredonia, Kas
Yours Truly
Mrs. A. A. Clark

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Isaac Fancher V. 4 27/9
Battles engaged in, Brandywine - Monmouth - Waikeaw - Coopers - Camden
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ninety-Six Eutaw Springs  enlisted in  Birmingham Ala.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 18, 1819. His claim al.
Residence at date of application, Fayette Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, In 89th year. Date of death not stated.
Remarks: In H. S. Collier's report to his wife at death, he was then living with one of his sons, as names are stated. In able of last payment of pension etc!